Orleans is a framework that provides a straightforward approach to building distributed high-scale computing applications, without the need to learn and apply complex concurrency or other scaling patterns. It was created by Microsoft Research and designed for use in the cloud.
– Microsoft Orleans (GitHub)

I just came across a new GitHub project, Orleans.Activities, which combines Workflow Foundation with the Microsoft Research project, Orleans (most notably used by the backing services of Halo). Orleans is based on the actor model and allows developers to build complex highly scalable applications very easily.

Orleans.Activities seems like a natural fit for Orleans as the visual nature of Workflow will make these complex applications easier to understand and model the flow as well as leverage Workflow’s built-in support for long running workflows.

I will be keeping a close eye on this project and look forward to seeing where it goes.

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Blake Helms is a .NET Software Development Manager for EBSCO Industries, a global company with businesses in a range of industries including Information Services, Publishing and Digital Media, Outdoor Products, Real Estate, Manufacturing and Distribution, and Business Services, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
There he is responsible for several core business applications and has been a driver for software craftsmanship and creating a culture that promotes mentorship and continuous improvement.
He is also the cofounder of the Birmingham .NET Meetup with a mission to promote good development practices and .NET technologies in the Birmingham, Alabama area.
Blake is incredibly passionate about technology in all areas from writing code for work, to audio/video production for his church to automating his home.